Mary, I sort of messed up on the subject because I had the title to the web site but not the address but then for some reason changed it. Not that this needs to make any sense. The URL is: http://75.101.166.20/utahidaho/news_updates.html It is the last link on "Things You Should Know". Nancy Scott Cincinnati, Ohio -----Original Message----- From: lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary S. Scott (Michigan) Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 05:45 PM To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Combining duplications in NFS for Utah and Idaho Your insights into Pioneer Ancestry were very informative. Unfortunately the website link didn't come through in your entry. Would you be able to write out the link so that other consultants could find the instructions for "Members with Pioneer Ancestry"? I'm certain many of us would use the information as we work with our ward members. Thank you. Mary Scott Northville Ward Westland Michigan Stake Detroit Michigan Temple District ________________________________ From: Nancy Scott <nascott@cinci.rr.com> To: LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:07:58 PM Subject: [LDS-WC] Combining duplications in NFS for Utah and Idaho I located the above church web site that shows the temples being rolled out. One of the things that I found to be of interest was a link, "Instruction for Members with Pioneer Ancestry". It states that generally, LDS pioneer ancestors already have their ordinance work completed.  They either received the ordinances while they were living, or their descendant have performed the ordinances on their behalf.  Because of the large number of descendant submissions it is not uncommon to find large amount of duplicate information about these individuals in the New FamilySearch web site.  A patron may want to match and combine much of the duplicate information for each pioneer ancestor but a limit on the number of records that can be combined has been set in the system to reduce the impact on system performance. If a member has a pioneer ancestor containing a large amount of information in NFS, combine duplicate information until you find his or her ordinances dates.  When you find the ordinance information, stop combining. Over time, changes to the NFS web site will be made that will improve the way the information about these pioneer ancestors is accessed and displayed. What I found particularly interesting about this link was the guideline to only combine until the ordinances are found and then stop combining.  I feel that this guideline can apply to lines other than pioneer ancestry such as Mayflower lines, lines that link to Joseph Smith and Emma Hale, and early settlers to the United States.  This was a surprise to me but I am not sure why because the limit has been set at 150 for the number of combinations. This would be a different line of thinking than the idea to clean up everything that we can before Utah and Idaho come onboard. Nancy Scott Cincinnati, Ohio         Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message